@dgelessus

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person who computers. Casual disassembler of data formats. Standards and specifications enjoyer. Using Python for everything, even if it's a bad idea.

(really though, I'm just here to post silly puns)

^_^

GitHubhttps://github.com/dgelessus
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dgelessus5d ago

oh no, somebody got some YTP on the federal standard!

(... feeferal saasdard!)

dgelessus6d ago
"melancholy" but pronounced like "anchovy"
Show threaddgelessusMar 15
According to the Wayback Machine's history, the redirecting started some time between 2026-01-22 and 2026-03-01.
dgelessusMar 15

Did something happen to CiteSeerX? It seems that all URLs under https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ and https://csxstatic.ist.psu.edu/ currently redirect to the Wayback Machine.

I can't find an official announcement about anything, or even anyone discussing it in any of the usual places...

Show threaddgelessusMar 15
okay yep it really does want you to type in a swear word lmao
dgelessusMar 15

A random fedi server's web interface just showed me an "age verification" dialog. It had just a text input and an OK button. Mildly confused, I did what came naturally and typed "ass" into the text box. It let me in.

Now I'm wondering if it accepts anything or actually checks for (mild) swearing.

dgelessusMar 15

when you're a cryptographer at NIST and *really* don't like Microsoft:

https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary?index=F

dgelessusMar 14
I wonder when websites hosting PDF files will stop telling people that they need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this document. It's been, like, 10 years since anyone had a computer with no other PDF viewer application already installed.
dgelessusMar 12

DID YOU KNOW: Cloud games stopped existing on 29 April 2024. It says so on Microsoft's website, so it must be true!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/support/cloud-games

Cloud Games

Cloud Games

dgelessusMar 11
Websites: if you host large downloads and those same files are also available on GitHub, you should advertise that very prominently! I prefer freeloading off the megacorp over taking up your bandwidth or increasing your hosting costs.